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Lumbar puncture for the generalist [PDF]

, 2004
The safe and successful performance of a lumbar puncture demands a working and yet specific knowledge as well as competency in performance. This review aims to aid understanding of the knowledge framework, the pitfalls and complications of lumbar ...
Abrahams, Peter H., Welch, T., Boon, J. M., Meiring, J. H.   +3 more
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BIS guided sedation with propofol during spinal anaesthesia: influence of anaesthetic level on sedation requirement

, 2006
Background. In this prospective, clinical study we tested the hypothesis whether two different doses of spinal administered bupivacaine and accordingly, two different levels of spinal anaesthesia can affect the dose requirement of propofol during BIS ...
Senturk, M, Basel, Ahmet, Ozkan-Seyhan, Tülay, M. Karadeniz, K. Akpir, Akpir, Kutay, M. Orhan Sungur, Karadeniz, M, T. Ozkan-Seyhan, Senturk, E, M. Senturk, Sungur, Mustafa, A. Basel, E. Senturk   +13 more
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Comparative study of sequential combined spinal epidural anaesthesia versus spinal anaesthesia in high risk geriatric patients for major orthopaedic surgery

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2007
Sequential combined spinal epidural anaesthesia (Sequential CSEA) is probably the greatest advance in central neuraxial block in this decade for high risk geriatric patients because here the advantages of both spinal and epidural anaesthesia are summated
Dipasri Bhattacharya, I Tewari, S Chowdhuri   +2 more
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Dural ectasia

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2014
Dural ectasia is one of the likely causes of incomplete or failed spinal anaesthesia. Its association with diseases like Marfans syndrome, neurofibromatosis, osteogenesis imperfecta, vertebral fracture, postopertative adhesions, trauma etc., is often ...
Neha Gupta, Veena Gupta, Abhishake Kumar, Gaurav Kumar   +3 more
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Taylor Approach of Spinal Anaesthesia in a case of Ankylosing Spondylitis for Hip Fracture Surgery [PDF]

, 2011
Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease primarily affecting the axial joints manifesting as stiffnesss of the spine. Patient with ankylosing spondylitis is a challenge to anaesthesiologists in terms of airway management ...
Urmila Palaria, Umesh K Bhadani, D C Punera, Mohd Asim Rasheed   +3 more
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The effects of unilateral and bilateral spinal anaesthesia on hemodynamic parameters in patients surgically treated for inguinal hernia: Hemodynamic parameters and spinal anesthesia [PDF]

Serbian Journal of Anesthesia and Intensive Therapy, 2016
Introduction: Conventional bilateral spinal anaesthesia is commonly used for surgical treatment of inguinal hernia because it causes fast development of block with relatively small dosage of local anaesthetic; furthermore, it is easily administered ...
Milosavljević Snežana, Pavlović Aleksandar, Trpković Slađana, Vujović Maja, Špadijer-Mirković Cveta   +4 more
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Recovery after total intravenous general anaesthesia or spinal anaesthesia for total knee arthroplasty: a randomized trial. [Elektronisk resurs]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: /st>This study was undertaken to compare the effects of general anaesthesia (GA) and spinal anaesthesia (SA) on the need for postoperative hospitalization and early postoperative comfort in patients undergoing fast-track total knee ...
Toksvig-Larsen, Sören,, Harsten, Andreas,, Kehlet, H, Lund University.   +3 more
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Effects of preoperative methoxamine on blood loss and haemodynamic variables during transurethral prostatic resection under spinal anaesthesia

, 1994
Thirty-six patients who presented for transurethral prostatic resection were allocated randomly to one of two groups. Patients in group A were given methoxamine 10 mg i.m., 15 min before spinal anaesthesia.
CHAMBERS, F. A., CORCORAN, M. O., O'TOOLE, D. P., KEANE, P. W.   +3 more
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Topics in Spinal Anaesthesia [PDF]

, 2014
Topics on Spinal Anaesthesia consists of eight important and updated chapters covering subarachnoid anaesthesia for major orthopaedic surgeries, ambulatory and short stay plastic surgical procedures, complications, and discussing the usefulness of ...

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Incidence and factors associated with failed spinal anaesthesia among patients undergoing surgery: a multi- center prospective observational study

BMC Anesthesiology
Background Failed spinal anaesthesia causes prolonging of operation time, insufficient analgesia for surgery and needs repeating spinal anaesthesia which in turn causes local anaesthesia toxicity, high spinal and total spinal, and conversion to general ...
Atalay Eshetie Demilie, Zewditu Abdissa Denu, Yosef Belay Bizuneh, Endale Gebreegziabher Gebremedhn   +3 more
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